– March twelfth, 2025 –
Self-Titled Fifth Full-Size To Drop Could thirtieth On Steel Blade Data
Watch RIVERS OF NIHIL’s “American Loss of life” HERE
“American Loss of life” is the most recent single from progressive dying steel progenitors RIVERS OF NIHIL. The ferocious new observe — a true-to-form beater that’s positive to slay stay — comes by means of the band’s eponymous fifth full-length, set for launch on Could thirtieth through Steel Blade Data.
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Feedback founding guitarist Brody Uttley. “‘American Loss of life’ is a title that we’ve been throwing round and printing on our T-shirts since 2013. We figured it was lastly time to jot down a music with that title, and given the subject material of the lyrics, it will solely make sense for this music to be a real ass beater. It’s undoubtedly essentially the most true kind ‘heavy’ music of those singles, so we’re very a lot wanting ahead to taking part in it stay.”
Watch RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s beforehand launched video for “Home Of Gentle” HERE.
Sixteen years and 5 albums into the Pennsylvania band’s profession, RIVERS OF NIHIL is upping the ante with Rivers Of Nihil. Historically, a self-titled file can sign a return to fundamentals and/or a contemporary starting, and in ten highly effective songs, it’s clear that each these elements are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs grew to become the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the identical yr marked the looks of further guitarist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Provoke), whose vocals additionally play prominently on Rivers Of Nihil. Producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio captured the brand new dynamics throughout greater than fifty minutes of music.
On June fifteenth, 2023, the band launched the one, “The Sub-Orbital Blues,” the primary observe with Biggs dealing with lead vocals following the 2022 departure of singer Jake Dieffenbach. It was additionally the primary observe to characteristic Thomas. A second single, “Hellbirds,” dropped on October nineteenth of that yr. On April twenty ninth, 2024, the band launched the lower “Criminals” and an accompanying music video. Each “Criminals” and “The Sub-Orbital Blues” seem on Rivers Of Nihil.
Rivers Of Nihil was created in a really “rock n’ roll” method. “On 2021′s The Work, I wrote lots of the file on the piano after which the band crammed within the gaps,” explains Uttley. “On this new file, I wished to ensure that these things would hit exhausting stay with simply the 4 of us earlier than including in the entire sparkly auxiliary ‘frosting’ on high.”
Rivers Of Nihil additionally showcases further musicians, together with Patrick Corona on alto saxophone, Stephan Lopez on banjo, McFarland on cello, and a slate of different visitor vocalists. Regardless of the contemporary method on Rivers Of Nihil nevertheless, the album nonetheless matches neatly into the band’s discography. With The place Owls Know My Title (2018), RIVERS OF NIHIL transcended all labels utilized to them, and with its 2021 follow-up, The Work, they cast additional into new territory with Steel Injection calling the latter album “the group’s most cohesive, formidable, meditative, and diversified effort, with better makes use of of philosophical significance and transcendental respites.”
Writes Revolver in an early preview of the file, “…their forthcoming self-titled album… focuses on metronome-exploding kick work, riffs brawnier than a full-grown Kodiak, and a vocal tandem of hovering highs (guitarist Andy Thomas) and demonic lows (bassist Adam Biggs).“
Rivers Of Nihil shall be launched on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following coloration variants:
Bleach & Ammonia (Gentle Blue Smoke – US)
Adenochrome (Tiger’s Eye – US)
Water & Time (Blue / Inexperienced Smoke – US)
Abdomen Acid (Blue / Yellow Smoke – US)
Home of Gentle (Yellow / Inexperienced Marbled – US Tour Unique)
180g Black (EU)
Radiant Gentle (Neon Yellow Marbled – EU)
Darkish Teal w/ Orange & Yellow Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)
Gold w/ Black Mud (EU Impericon Unique – Ltd. 200)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/riversofnihil
RIVERS OF NIHIL is presently within the midst of their Aggressive Progressive EU/UK headlining tour with assist from Cynic, Past Creation, and labelmates, Dååth. In Could, the band will return to North American phases for an additional month-long headliner with assist supplied by Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, and Glacial Tomb. Tickets and VIP packages can be found now at: ron.soundrink.com. See all confirmed dates beneath.
RIVERS OF NIHIL w/ Cynic, Past Creation, Dååth [remaining dates]:
3/12/2025 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
3/13/2025 Gruenspan – Hamburg, DE
3/14/2025 Fryshuset Klubben – Stockholm, SE
3/16/2025 Tavastia – Helsinki, FI
3/18/2025 John Dee – Oslo, NO
3/19/2025 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
3/21/2025 Proxima – Warsaw, PL
3/22/2025 Columbia Theater – Berlin, DE
3/23/2025 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
3/24/2025 Flex – Wien, AT
3/25/2025 Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
3/26/2025 Backstage – München, DE
3/27/2025 Slaughter Membership – Milan, IT
3/28/2025 Kiff – Aarau, CH
3/29/2025 Substage – Karlsruhe, DE
w/ Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, Glacial Tomb:
5/22/2025 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
5/23/2025 The Palladium (Upstairs) – Worcester, MA
5/24/2025 Rec Room – Buffalo, NY
5/25/2025 The King Of Golf equipment – Columbus, OH
5/27/2025 Pike Room @ Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
5/28/2025 Reggies – Chicago, IL
5/29/2025 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
5/30/2025 Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE
5/31/2025 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
6/01/2025 Metro Music Corridor – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
6/03/2025 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
6/04/2025 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
6/05/2025 Dante’s – Portland, OR
6/06/2025 Goldfield Buying and selling Publish – Roseville, CA
6/07/2025 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
6/08/2025 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
6/10/2025 Nile – Mesa, AZ
6/11/2025 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
6/12/2025 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
6/13/2025 The Rail – Ft. Price, TX
6/14/2025 Come And Take It Reside – Austin, TX
6/15/2025 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
6/17/2025 Basement East – Nashville, TN
6/18/2025 Eulogy – Asheville, NC
6/19/2025 The Canal Membership – Richmond, VA
6/20/2025 The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
6/21/2025 Fairmount Theatre – Montreal, QC
6/22/2025 Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
RIVERS OF NIHIL:
Adam Biggs – bass guitar, vocals
Andy Thomas – guitar, vocals
Brody Uttley – guitar, piano, keys, programming
Jared Klein – drums, vocals
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